Releasing a Wave of Worship in the High Desert Communities

Overcoming the Sin Nature, Part 3

We would all like to believe that man is basically good. That believe is reinforced by psychologists, counselors, and even some religious leaders. But we still find ourselves doing things that we know are wrong to do, thinking things we shouldn’t think, and saying things we shouldn’t say. The problem is that it is part of our sinful nature. How did we get that nature? When Adam fell. What can we do? We must understand the answer to this question. Listen to this message, delivered by Dr. Dowdy on October 14, 2018. Key Scriptural basis from Genesis 3:6, Psalms 51:4-5, Matthew 15:19, and James 1:15, 40. Be blessed!

4 Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” 6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. —Genesis 3:4–6 NKJV

4 Against You, You only, have I sinned,And done this evil in Your sight—That You may be found just when You speak,And blameless when You judge.5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,And in sin my mother conceived me.
—Psalms 51:4–5

Special Note: This message on the origin of the sin nature appears to stop abruptly, but has the essence of understanding what the sin nature is, and how it came into being. To enable us to not forget there is nothing that follows. Let us rather concentrate on giving thanks to God for deliverance from that bondage of slavery. —Pastor Dowdy

Foundation Scripture for LOJWC Ministry:

“Forassuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.” Mark 11:23

What We Believe:

We believe in God, the Father, Almighty, and in Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried. On the third day he rose again according to Scripture. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father, from whence he shall come to judge the living and the dead. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the third person of the God-head, who revealed himself on the day of Pentecost. We believe in the gifts of the Spirit and their continuous operation in the body of Christ. And we believe in one holy, universal, and apostolic church. Amen.

Faith Confession:

We conduct spiritual warfare. It begins with us as we speak God’s word and speak to our bodies, minds, and emotions. Therefore we make a faith confession which says: “Satan, in the name of Jesus, I declare this body a sickness-disease-free zone. Every germ, virus, bacterium, etc., that touches this body dies instantly in the name of Jesus, who bore my sicknesses, carried my diseases, and by whose stripes I have been healed. Therefore I command life into every cell in this body, I receive healing for my emotions from every past embedded hurtful, fearful memory. I speak active deliverance from the law of sin and death, according to the finished works of Jesus the Christ, the anointed and his anointing.“